At 8:52 AM -0400 6/24/05, dhbailey wrote:
John Howell wrote:
[snip]
I think I've seen a picture of it, but there may well only be one
(or a handfull) in the entire world. The bass sax, on the other
hand, should be considered and used as a legitimate member of the
sax section. (I may be p
The subcontrabass saxophone does indeed exist -- it's sometimes also
called the "tubax". It is a relatively new and extremely rare
instrument.
Photos and more info here:
http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/sax_family/subcontrabass_sax.html
- Darcy
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John Howell wrote:
[snip]
I think I've seen a picture of it, but there may well only be one (or a
handfull) in the entire world. The bass sax, on the other hand, should
be considered and used as a legitimate member of the sax section. (I
may be prejudiced because one of the members of our
> >And BTW, does the subcontrabass saxophone even exist? As an actual
instrument?
http://images.google.com/images?biw=&q=%22subcontrabass+saxophone%22&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
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At 3:09 PM -0400 6/23/05, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Ken Durling wrote:
An "Electric Piano" I think technically has to have reeds and
hammers, or even strings like those stubby little grands made by
Yamaha.
Well the terminology may have changed, but back in pre-Mo
Hey Andrew,
The subcontrabass saxophone does indeed exist -- it's sometimes also
called the "tubax". It is a relatively new and extremely rare
instrument.
Photos and more info here:
http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/sax_family/subcontrabass_sax.html
- Darcy
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On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Ken Durling wrote:
An "Electric Piano" I think technically has to have reeds and
hammers, or even strings like those stubby little grands made by
Yamaha.
Well the terminology may have changed, but back in pre-Moog times there
were undoubted "electric pianos"
on 6/23/05 11:52 AM, A-NO-NE Music at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Which brings another question. There got to be a distinction between
> acoustic and electric jazz violin as you can't say jazz guitar without
> defining electric and nylon, right?
Wait add to that Selmer style and acoustic arc
Darcy James Argue / 2005/06/23 / 12:24 PM wrote:
>You need to talk to NI about registration issues. They handle all the
>copy protection stuff.
I know, but the only way to get response from NI is if you are
registered. That's why I thought Gary would help me out on this as his
welcome email m
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:52 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
By the way, I am still waiting Gary to respond to my GPO registration
issue but to no avail. What's my option?
Hiro,
You need to talk to NI about registration issues. They handle all the
copy protection stuff.
- Darcy
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Darcy James Argue / 2005/06/23 / 03:14 AM wrote:
>Jazz violin is actually much more common than C-Melody sax. There are
>lots of jazz violinists in NYC, so I'm sure there are at least a few in
>the Bay Area.
Jazz violin trend is happening only last few years on this side of
coast. What I mean
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
(snip)
the GPO Jazz/Big Band is missing tuba, mallets on the drum set, and
acoustic guitar.
I am partial myself to the tuba (heh, heh, because I actually play jazz
tuba. Jim Self would be the guy to sample for jazz tuba, though!) but
a
At 12:14 AM 6/23/2005, you wrote:
Could be a Yamaha DX7 for all I know. Vintage Electric Piano does not
equal Fender Rhodes. It could be a RMI Electra-Piano, a Wurlitzer, I
could go on...
As long as we're "picking nits" ;-) I would never classify a DX7 as an
"Electric Piano," it's a syn
On 23 Jun 2005, at 2:28 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
I'd say Tuba, French Horn, Fender Rhodes,
GPO Jazz/Big Band already has Rhodes piano.
It does not say Rhodes piano, it says, according to the site,
http://garritan.com/jazz.html, Vintage Electric Piano. That could b
Darcy James Argue wrote:
I'd say Tuba, French Horn, Fender Rhodes,
GPO Jazz/Big Band already has Rhodes piano.
It does not say Rhodes piano, it says, according to the site,
http://garritan.com/jazz.html, Vintage Electric Piano. That could be
anything. Could be a Yamaha DX7 for all I know. V
On 23 Jun 2005, at 1:09 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
but who even owns a C-melody now?
Scott Robinson. He even has a record where he only plays C-melody.
(It's really good, too.)
http://home.earthlink.net/~smoulden/scott/melody.html
But yeah, clearly it's a niche instrument.
I'd say Tuba,
Steel guitar acoustic and electric. Think about 1920s-30s jazz/swing.
-Adriel
on 6/23/05 1:09 AM, Eric Dannewitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Darcy James Argue wrote:
>
>> Hi Chuck, Chris, et al,
>>
>> I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a
>> little perplexi
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Chuck, Chris, et al,
I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a
little perplexing as to why Gary felt the need to include so many
exotic saxophones -- sopranino; both curved and straight soprano
(neither is "exotic," obviously, but the
Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
I haven't asked Gary, but I think what probably happened was that he
simply ran into a saxophone player/collector who had all this stuff and
who convinced Gary to take the time to record them all. All of what
you write below makes sense to me, but I have an
Hi Darcy,
I haven't asked Gary, but I think what probably happened was that he
simply ran into a saxophone player/collector who had all this stuff
and who convinced Gary to take the time to record them all. All of
what you write below makes sense to me, but I have another concern
about t
Hi Chuck, Chris, et al,
I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a
little perplexing as to why Gary felt the need to include so many
exotic saxophones -- sopranino; both curved and straight soprano
(neither is "exotic," obviously, but the difference in tone between
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:08 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I have written countless times for banjo, accordian, French horn,
tuba, and jazz violin in jazz contexts (none of which are present
in the GPO jazz collection)
Of course, so have I (some, anyway - French Horn, the most often),
but as
That's terrific! I agree with Darcy and you that the bass clarinet is essential.Nice to see him including some plunger brass, too, the omission of which I had noticed the first time around. I hope he includes a nice variety of open, closed, 1/2 open, wah, aow, and growls, which are indispensable to
On 23 Jun 2005, at 00:38, Chuck Israels wrote:I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result:"Hi Chuck,OK. Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet.Well done Chuck! You made them see sense.John___
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On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result:
"Hi Chuck,
OK. Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet.
That's terrific! I agree with Darcy and you that the bass clarinet is
essential.
I got an
I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result:
"Hi Chuck,
OK. Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet.
Thanks for the input.
I reread what you wrote and Tom and I like it very much.
Still waiting to hear from Greg so I can get off the island and vis
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